By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The Associated Press Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Huerta’s family said...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a campaign stop Wednesday at Mama’s Kitchen in Odessa. #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://www.oaoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_1979-160x120.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { backgro...
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By Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju Orders for Circus Peanuts rose 350% last Halloween, leading the old-school candies highlighted in DoorDash’s annual order data. It is the loudest of several Halloween candy trends pointing the same way, toward flavors with more edge and wrappers with m...
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Odessa’s newest middle school was dedicated Wednesday. Vasquez Middle School held a dedication with members of the community and Gilbert Vasquez in attendance. #tdi_2 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://www.oaoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_7216-160x120.j...
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URDA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second deadly rail collision this year. The regional government of Castilla La Mancha confirmed the death toll and s...
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Sauerkraut, cornbread dressing or potato filling? One side on the Thanksgiving table gives away a family’s hometown. Photo credit: Depositphotos By Lucy Brewer Every region has a Thanksgiving dish that gives away where the cook grew up. In Baltimore it’s a bowl of sauerkraut next...
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CANYON Upcoming concerts at West Texas A&M University will celebrate both National Saxophone Day and a changing of the guard in the jazz program. WT Jazz Band I and II will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall. Admission is free. The WT Saxophone Studio ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Anxious Israelis watched election results near completion Wednesday, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him. Arab-led parties made a histori...
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SAN ANGELO Angelo State University students can now prepare to join the rapidly growing video game and digital entertainment industry as ASU has added a new Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in video game art and animation degree that is now enrolling students for the upcoming sprin...
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By John Stossel “We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!” says President Donald Trump. That would be nice. But when I look at these programs’ balance sheets, I don’t see how he’s protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money. Pol...
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Years ago, I bought a contraption designed to separate and concentrate the most volatile components of a liquid mixture. I would tell you what I did with it, but I don’t want to implicate myself in a federal felony. Since 1868, it has been illegal for Americans to locate a “disti...
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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Given all the upsets and other strange occurences this season, college football fans must be wondering what surprises are in store for Week 9. A total of 10 teams in The Associated Press Top 25 have lost over the last three weeks, includin...
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By MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. Trump said during a campaign rally ...
